*FOMC 2018 Voting Members:Chairperson
Jerome Powell, as of 02/05/18, and ALL members of the FOMC Board of
Governors are permanent voters: That includes Randall Quarles, & Lael
Brainard, plus New York Fed Pres, currently John
Williams (Formerly of the San Francisco Fed) who replaced William Dudley, who
retired from the bank on June 15, 2018.:New, revolving Regional Fed Bank leaders
who are voters for 2018: Atlanta Fed Pres. Raphael Bostic, new in August 2017
(replaced Dennis Lockhart), former McKinsey exec Thomas Barkin, who
assumed the title of Pres of Richmond Fed on 01/01/18, plus San
Francisco Fed, currently without a leader, since Williams left for NY. The hole
in the San Francisco Fed's hierarchy results in Esther George--a vrey vocal hawk--becoming
a voting member of the FOMC, bolstering hawkish positions voiced by Cleveland
Fed's voter, Loretta Mester, who wants rates raised at a quicker pace because she
believes the Fed has, already, fallen behind the curve. Richmond
wound up with an opening, after Jeff Lacker resigned, in early April 2017, when it became
known he'd (unintentionally) leaked sensitive FOMC discussions to Medley Advisors.
Richmond operated with an Interim Pres, Mark L Mullinix, while searching for a new leader.
Dissenters at the Dec. 2017 Meeting, Neel Kashkari & Charles Evans, are no longer
voters in 2018.